Triple

T10411281
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Railway Series E245395 entity
Predicate hasIllustrator P2761 FINISHED
Object C. Reginald Dalby
C. Reginald Dalby was a British illustrator best known for his early, iconic artwork in Rev. W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, which inspired the visual style of Thomas the Tank Engine.
E862035 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: C. Reginald Dalby | Statement: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, C. Reginald Dalby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Reginald Dalby
Context triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, C. Reginald Dalby]
  • A. Robert Hinde
    Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
  • B. P. C. Clemmow
    P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
  • C. A. Powell Davies
    A. Powell Davies was a prominent 20th-century Unitarian minister, social activist, and author known for his outspoken advocacy on civil rights, civil liberties, and progressive causes.
  • D. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • E. Edward Glendinning
    Edward Glendinning is a central fictional character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whom much of the story’s religious and familial conflict revolves.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: C. Reginald Dalby
Triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, C. Reginald Dalby]
Generated description
C. Reginald Dalby was a British illustrator best known for his early, iconic artwork in Rev. W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, which inspired the visual style of Thomas the Tank Engine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. Reginald Dalby
Target entity description: C. Reginald Dalby was a British illustrator best known for his early, iconic artwork in Rev. W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, which inspired the visual style of Thomas the Tank Engine.
  • A. Robert Hinde
    Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
  • B. P. C. Clemmow
    P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
  • C. A. Powell Davies
    A. Powell Davies was a prominent 20th-century Unitarian minister, social activist, and author known for his outspoken advocacy on civil rights, civil liberties, and progressive causes.
  • D. Raymond Priestley
    Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
  • E. Edward Glendinning
    Edward Glendinning is a central fictional character in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "The Monastery," around whom much of the story’s religious and familial conflict revolves.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf completed April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d7fbfae96c8190ac496e9a1158afe4 completed April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.